Indian Terms of the Americas

What is a babiche? A cradleboard? Who are the Athapascans and the Black Indians? What was the Battle of Little Big Horn? This compendium of vocabulary people places and events is designed to assist the reader in understanding a variety of terms and important events from Native American history that are included in works of classic literature and nonfiction sources. Offering a balanced approach to multicultural study the text strives to convey a sense of the normal rhythms of Indian life by discussing the daily work and lifestyles of women and children as well as hunters and warriors. It covers North American Caribbean and Central and South American Indian groups and Canadian and Alaskan Inuit including well-known tribes (e.g. Apache Cherokee and Sioux) and less familiar ones (e.g. Carrier Inuit Pomo and Kwakiutl). Each entry contains a pronunciation guide definition examples and an illustrative sentence from the literature. Organized alphabetically with frequent cross-references a